Java, Maven and Spring (Classpath)

Question

Hello everybody,
after having created a maven java-project (using eclipse Ganymed), I try to access a text file resource (that I already saved in src/main/resources) using the spring framework 3.0. For that I write the following:
Resource template = ctx.getResource("classpath:some/resource/path/myTemplate.txt);
But this intstruction fails with a File Not Found Exception. That probably means that the folder *src/main/resources* is not on the classpath??
The .classpath file generated by Maven looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<classpath>
<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/java"/>
<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java"/>
<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.maven.ide.eclipse.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER"/>
<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
</classpath>
1- One can see that the src/main/resources is not in the classpath.
Therefore trying to access to a resource in src/main/resources is not possible like this:
Resource template = ctx.getResource("classpath:some/resource/path/myTemplate.txt);
So my question: Is this a maven problem or a spring one? How should I solve this problem?
2- In the following instruction:
Resource template = ctx.getResource("classpath:some/resource/path/myTemplate.txt);
Does the classpath keyword refers to the classpath generated by maven or to another one??
3- What I also do not understand is, if the folders target/classes and target/test-classes are kind of aliases for src/main... and src/test...? In which hierarchy do they stand one another?
Please tell me if you do not undesrtand my question. I could then try to better explain it Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,

Answer 1

Hi,
First of all you need to check whether the '.txt' file is added in the resource folder under the build folder in you Spring project directory. As fas I understand, the text file is never added to the build folder.
1. try using the build folder path to access the resource. Add the .txt to "target/classes" or some other folder under /targert and then try to access the file.
2. the classpath is the defined for you spring project. Maven is a tool which assists in build process only. So whatever you find in maven xml files is nothing but the configuration of your spring project
3. This question is not clear. please clarify.
Thanks.